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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

What's going on in the World Today 111219

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USA

U.S. Naval Update Map: Dec. 14, 2011

EUROPE

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT

ASIA

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il's Death

Dispatch: Kim Jong Il's Death and North Korea's Transition

Seychelles In the Scheme of China's Naval Expansion

AFRICA

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT

RUSSIA

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
IRAN

The Geopolitics of Iran: Holding the Center of a Mountain Fortress

Iran: 17th Warship Fleet Deployed December 18, 2011

Iran’s 17th fleet of warships left for international waters Dec. 18 after the return of Iran’s Jamaran destroyer, ISNA reported, citing Iranian Adm. Habibollah Sayyari. The fleet will sail toward the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and other international waters, Sayyari said.
 
IRAQ

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
ISRAEL

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 
AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan: Night Raids With Afghan Special Forces To Continue - NATO December 19, 2011

NATO will continue conducting nighttime kill-and-capture raids against suspected insurgents with increased Afghan special forces participation, a NATO spokesman said Dec. 19, AP reported. Afghan special forces currently participate in nearly all nighttime raids, which remain the safest way to kill or capture insurgent leaders, the spokesman said. The raids account for less than 1 percent of civilian casualties, and no shots are fired in 85 percent of operations, he said.

Afghanistan: U.S.-Taliban Talks At Critical Point December 19, 2011

Unnamed senior U.S. officials said U.S. talks with the Afghan Taliban have reached a critical juncture after 10 months of secret dialogue and a breakthrough might be possible, Reuters reported Dec. 19. Washington is reportedly offering to transfer an unspecified number of Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Afghan government custody, asking the Taliban to make some confidence-building measures of their own. U.S. officials said the Taliban could use an office outside of Afghanistan as a method to further future its political reentry into Afghan governance, but not for fundraising, propaganda or the establishment of a shadow government. U.S. officials said Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been informed of the negotiation process with Washington meeting with him after each encounter with the Taliban


MIDDLE EAST

The Geopolitics of Egypt: From Eternal Stability to Turmoil

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Mexico Security Memo: The Disinformation Continues in Tamaulipas
 
MISC

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
 

 
Except where noted courtesy STRATFOR.COM

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